Housing, Land and Property Rights - Checklist for Humanitarian Coordinator and Resilient Coordinator

Disputes involving housing, land and property (“HLP”) are both a fundamental cause of conflict as well as a result arising in the aftermath of conflict.  In humanitarian operations, these disputes pose immediate protection and early recovery challenges.  If left unaddressed, disputes surrounding HLP can undermine peace and re-ignite hostilities.

Displaced populations will invariably try to claim or reclaim access to HLP during and after a conflict.  This process generates further tension within and across communities, whether in areas of origin, current displacement or upon return or settlement elsewhere.

This is a joint publication of the Working Groups of the Protection and Early Recovery Clusters.